Biden’s immigration plan calls for boosting the number of green cards. But House Democrats are weighing a piecemeal approach to immigration that would put more popular measures first.
In Biden's immigration reform bill sent to Congress, White House has proposed elimination of country-quota in allocation of green cards, a major demand of Indian IT professionals.
The decision will impact a large number of Indian IT professionals and American and Indian companies who were issued H-1B visas by the US govt for the fiscal year 2021.
The Justice Department said Facebook 'refused to recruit, consider, or hire qualified and available US workers for over 2,600 positions' & instead reserved the jobs to non-citizens.
An order signed by Trump on June which temporarily banned H-1B & L-1 visas, caused a negative impact to the valuation of Fortune 500 firms, Brookings Institute said in a report.
US Department of Homeland Security said data shows more than half-a-million H-1B nonimmigrants have been used to displace US workers, leading to reduced wages & stagnation of wages.
At a FICCI event, Indian Ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu says a ‘mini’ trade deal is needed to achieve full potential of trade and business ties between both the countries.
The lawsuit seeks an order declaring the presidential proclamation restriction on issuing new H-1B or H-4 visas or admitting new visa holders of these categories as unlawful.
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.
New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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